Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift

Ideal Tridon Group; Smyrna (TN); On-site; USD 72,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ideal Tridon Group is hiring a Production Supervisor for the 3rd shift at the Smyrna, TN Wesanco ZSi Strut Plant. The role directs shift teams, maintains safety, and ensures training completion while meeting safety, quality, and cost goals.

Qualifications include 2–5 years in manufacturing, familiarity with ERP and BOM/WO processes, and lean techniques; a business or engineering degree is preferred. Strong leadership and MS Office skills are expected.

Qualifications

• Prefer a business or engineering degree.
• 2–5 years in manufacturing.
• Understand ERP, BOM, work orders, inventory control.
• Lean techniques knowledge helpful.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Direct shift personnel, ensure safety and training completion.
• Meet daily production schedules with safety, quality and cost targets.
• Hire, develop, review performance; create development plans.
• Provide hands-on training and mentoring.
• Ensure Quality and Environmental Management System compliance.
• Coordinate with support functions to meet schedules.
• Lead lean manufacturing and continuous improvement efforts.
• Address downtime and quality issues promptly.
• Contain nonconforming product and RID process.
• Perform additional duties as needed.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

ERP systems

Lean techniques

Leadership

MS Office

Education

Business or Engineering degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Full-time Regular Direct Labor Smyrna, TN, US

4 days ago Requisition ID: 1795

Salary Range: $71,500.00 To $83,500.00 Annually

The Ideal Tridon Group comprises a family of brands that support, secure, and connect the movement of air, fluid, and electricity in critical applications. With over 100 years of proven quality and a strong culture of service, we are the worldwide leader in clamps, strut, hose supports, conduit, fittings, and coupling solutions. Our products are engineered to meet the highest standards across a range of industries, and our commitment to innovation, reliability, and customer support ensures we’re ready to meet the demands of today and tomorrow. At the Ideal Tridon Group, connections aren’t just what we make—they’re the heart of everything we do.

We are seeking a Production Supervisor for 3rd Shift at our Smyrna, TN Wesanco ZSi Strut Plant.

Summary:

Responsible for directing all shift personnel assigned to the shift. This includes providing direction to work teams, maintaining a safe work environment, and ensuring personnel have successfully completed all required training.

Achieving or exceeding the expected performance levels in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, and productivity. The position has direct responsibility for all activities linked with materials handling, production planning and control, manufacturing, packaging, inventory control, and shipping.

Must be a dynamic leader and foster a culture that is aligned with the Company’s Core Values.

• Supervise Packaging, Assembly, Warehouse, Steel and Welding manufacturing team members who assemble, package, label, set up, and operate steel manufacturing equipment, which is designed to fabricate steel products.
• Ensure that production schedules are met daily while maintaining safety, environmental, quality, and cost objectives.
• Lead and direct employee functions such as selection, hiring, and development of employees, conducting performance reviews and creating development plans.
• Manage training of personnel, and hands‑on training. Serve as a mentor.
• Ensure compliance with the Quality System and Environmental Management System.
• Direct the work teams and supervise the shift’s production efforts to meet the published schedules.
• Participate and assist in decisions concerning hiring, promotion, discipline, and discharge.
• Maintain consistently safe work environment and personally demonstrates his/her commitment to safety and compliance.
• Hold employees accountable for required safety, environmental, quality, and quantity standards and maintaining inspection ready workplace at all times.
• Ensure team members receive sufficient training to accomplish their roles in a safe and productive manner.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure efficient coordination and processing of work orders and develop a collaborative and effective working relationship with all support functions.
• Lead and/or participate in continuous improvement activities such as: implementing and sustaining lean manufacturing tools, and automated inspection requirements, etc.
• Consistently lead continuous improvement teams/activities: to improve operating efficiencies, reduce costs, identify unfavorable trends concerning downtime, safety and quality issues.
• Make timely corrections or plans activities with support functions to correct and improve upon such issues.
• Understand the process for containing nonconforming product and completing a RID.
• Satisfactorily complete this job position’s Training Instruction Checklist.
• When necessary may perform other typical duties.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A relevant business or engineering degree is preferred, but not required.
• Minimum of 2-5 years of experience in manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of ERP systems, including bill of materials, work order management, inventory control.
• Proven track record of improving overall efficiencies, reducing cost, and leading teams to effect positive change within the organization.
• Knowledge of lean techniques may be advantageous.
• Microsoft Office experience (Outlook-Word-Excel).

Foster and embody the Ideal Tridon Group values:

• Devoted to Customers – Builds trusted relationships through service and reliability.
• We Care – Acts with integrity, accountability, and respect for others.
• Passionate About Growth – Committed to personal and team development.
• Positive Energy – Creates a collaborative, energizing work environment.
• We Find a Way– Resourceful, determined, and solutions-focused.
  • Proven management skills with the ability to optimize team performance.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Analytical, problem solving and organizational skills.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and competing priorities.Confident, self-starter, change agent.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants are given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job‑related factors.